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at the apex for one-third of that length, suddenly cuneated at 
base, and clothed outside with long pilose hairs ; the sterile sta- 
mens are slender, half the length of the petals ; the three ova- 
ries, seated on a raised gynsecium, are externally gibbons and 
glabrous; the style is suddenly deflected, obtuse and grooved. 
4. Holopeira torrida, nob.; — ramulis scandentibus, teretibus, 
teuuibus, pubescentibus, junioribus tomentosis, demum ni- 
grescentibus ; folds ovalibus aut oblongo-ovalibus, utrinque 
rotundiusculis, apice emarginatis et mucronulatis, submem- 
branaceis, imo 5-nerviis, supra viridibus, opacis, subglabris 
aut puberulis, sulcato-reticulatis, subtus brunneo-glaucis aut 
griseo tomentosis, nervis pi’ominulis, venis reticulatis im- 
mersis ; petiolo tenui, pubescente, limbo 5-8-plo breviore : 
panicula ? axillari, petiolo vix longiore, aut ssepius e ramulo 
novello folds plerumque deficientibus racemum elongatum 
mentiente, pubescente ; pedunculo alternatim 3-4-ramoso ; 
ramis brevibus, apice floros 3 subsessiles gerentibus ; sepalis 
G, ovatis, submembranaceis, pilosis ; petalis 6, triplo breviori- 
bus, cuneato-oblongis, apice late 2-dentatis, lateribus supra 
medium utrinque auriculatis, lobis brevibus inflexis, ungue 
basali piloso, undique lineis glandulosis pictis; staminibus 
sterilibus 6 ; ovariis 3, glabris ; stigmate tereti, horizontaliter 
deflexo, supra canaliculate; drupis globosis, glabris; puta- 
mine crustaceo, compresso, condylo foraminibus 3 majusculis 
pertuso. — In Africa tropicali : v. s. in herb. Hook. $ , Africa 
occidentali (Cunon) ; Shire, Zambesi (Kirk). 
This is a very distinct species, with extremely slender branches. 
The leaves are 1-2 inches long, inch broad, on a petiole 
1-2 lines long. The inflorescence is 3-6 lines long in the main 
axils, but shQrter in those of the pseudo-racemes ; the petals are 
cuneated at base for half their length, bidentate at the apex, 
with shortish, broadish, subdivaricated teeth, and smaller in- 
flected lateral lobes, glabrous (with the exception of a few loose 
long hairs near the base). The putamen is extremely difi’erent 
from that of any of the preceding species; it is somewhat 
brittle and perforated by three large parallel holes. 
5. Holopeira lonchophylla, nob.; — Cocculus Ferrandianus, Seem. 
MS. ; — ramulis volubilibus, tenuibus, pubescentibus ; folds 
oblongis vel lanceolato-oblongis, imo obtusis aut cordatis, a 
medio gradatim acuminatis, e basi 3-5-nerviis, utrinque viridi- 
concoloribus, supra glabris, venis reticulatis nigris immersis, 
hinc quasi rugulosis, subtus in nervis tantum pubescentibus ; 
petiolo subtenui, subpiloso, limbo 4-plo breviore : racemo ? 
axillari, pedunculo petiolo breviore, pedicellos 3 alternos 1 -floros 
